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Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:34:54 +0800
Hong Kong Book Fair 2022: Meta creative head joins advertising veterans to launch motivational title for young residents
Meta regional creative head Kitty Lun joins 19 other advertising veterans to launch book to motivate young residents to learn and transform.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:00:41 +0800
US reports first monkeypox cases in children
The CDC said a toddler and an infant likely became infected by others in their household, adding they are in good health.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:00:26 +0800
Pakistan’s Imran Khan may yet unseat Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister. But not without the military’s help
A shock by-election win for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the heartland of his political rivals has raised the prospect of a swift return to power – but he’d need the military’s help.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:42:57 +0800
Coronavirus: Hong Kong ‘to boost jab uptake for unvaccinated seniors, seek data on inoculating toddlers’, city logs 4,265 new cases
Pandemic adviser Professor Lau Yu-lung says health officials seeking data on inoculating toddlers from city’s vaccine suppliers BioNTech and Sinovac.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:18:52 +0800
South China Sea: Chinese permanent rescue and maritime offices stationed on disputed Spratly Islands
There have long been calls to upgrade search and rescue capabilities ‘to enhance China’s dominance over South China Sea affairs’.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 14:47:17 +0800
Japan may not allow Russia’s Putin to attend Shinzo Abe’s state funeral: report
Tokyo is considering refusing Putin’s participation at the September 27 event because his entry to the country has been effectively banned after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 14:00:23 +0800
How a plastics ban turned Siquijor into a zero-waste island in the Philippines
Businesses and locals on Siquijor have learned to live without plastic after an ordinance was issued in an effort to improve its waste management problem.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 14:00:18 +0800
6 good reasons to visit China after travel restrictions are lifted: government announces new highest-ranking tourist destinations
China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced last week 12 tourist locations that were given the 5A ranking, the government’s highest marks. We highlight six of them.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:42:00 +0800
Google fires engineer who claimed LaMDA AI chatbot was sentient
Blake Lemoine believed the bot, trained to generate human-like speech, had a mind of its own.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:23:44 +0800
What is foot and mouth disease and will it hurt Australian beef supply?
The highly contagious virus that affects cattle is often spread by humans via their shoes, clothes and luggage – and particles can even live in people’s noses.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:53:05 +0800
Chinese court rules against unmarried woman who wanted to freeze eggs
Court says hospital did not violate Teresa Xu’s rights in denying access to egg-freezing, in reportedly the first case of its kind for China.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:00:16 +0800
Hong Kong gets its first metaverse churches, complete with avatars and virtual preachers. But are they for real?
Preachers offer faithful a new way to gather, but some have their doubts about virtual churches.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:00:13 +0800
China’s Gen Z, millennials prefer to save not spend as Covid-19 increases ‘sense of preparedness’
Survey finds that 40 per cent young people in China save every month, with just under a third saving over 50 per cent of their monthly salaries, as the coronavirus-induced economic downturn clouds their outlook.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:52:48 +0800
Will Donald Trump be prosecuted over US Capitol attack?
Experts warn the country faces legal and political consequences if attorney general Merrick Garland pursues an unprecedented indictment of the former president.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:15:19 +0800
Why South Korea’s Quad overtures are falling on deaf ears
South Korea’s new president has ambitions for his country as a ‘global pivotal state’ and is courting closer defence ties with the West. But the Biden administration is wary of letting South Korea join the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, which...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:00:24 +0800
Are YouTuber’s videos of North Korean parties ‘daily life’ or ‘propaganda’?
Zoe Discovers wants to showcase daily North Korean life, and counter the Western narrative that recycles the same stark photos and catchphrases about the totalitarian state.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:00:11 +0800
SenseTime defied US sanction to raise capital in Hong Kong. Where does it go from here?
What happened with SenseTime reflects how growing animosity between the US and China is catching Hong Kong in the crossfire between the world’s two largest economies.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:45:22 +0800
Why we cannot let journalism die: the Ukraine war highlights the importance of traditional news in a world dominated by social media influencers
People increasingly look to social media as their primary source of information, but the Ukraine war shows why traditional journalism is still essential – and why influencers alone just won’t do.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:00:28 +0800
Job market picks up for Hong Kong graduates, with high demand for engineering, technology sub-degree holders
Average annual salary of new graduates rose 6 per cent to HK$281,000 from HK$266,000 in 2020.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:00:27 +0800
Grandma at 36: woman in China triggers early marriage debate with video post celebrating teenage son’s first child, racking up 240 million views
A video posted online by a proud new grandmother has inadvertently triggered a debate in China about early marriage because the woman is only 36 years old, and her son, the baby’s father, just 18.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:00:24 +0800
Corrupt officials keep forcing China to raise the bar for death penalties as it ‘scrapes poison off the bone’
Embezzling several thousand yuan was once enough to trigger capital punishment, but Lai Xiaomin’s execution last year for taking more than US$260 million seems to have set a new minimum.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:30:15 +0800
Why do Singapore and Malaysia have a more favourable view of China than the US?
The two Southeast Asian states were outliers in a poll in which 25,000 respondents from 19 countries held mostly unfavourable views of Beijing.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:00:24 +0800
China follows US on electronic warfare with J-15 and J-10 variants
The PLA is developing multi-role military aircraft equipped with hi-tech countermeasures for joint operations.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 07:00:19 +0800
Why is China so concerned at the prospect of South Korea joining a US-led chip alliance?
China is concerned that a decision by South Korea to join US-initiated chip alliance would harm its semiconductor self-sufficiency drive.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:45:12 +0800
Hong Kong needs its own student exchange scheme to help young people develop a pan-Asian identity
The EU’s Erasmus exchange programme has built unity and a sense of belonging among young Europeans. A similar scheme with Asean would encourage closer ties while allowing Hong Kong’s youth to look beyond the mainland for opportunities to work and...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:38:02 +0800
Monkeypox virus could become entrenched as new STD in the US, experts say
Some health officials disagree, saying the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets firmly established. So far, more than 2,500 US cases have been reported.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:20:43 +0800
Joe Biden is committed to Taiwan policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’, adviser Jake Sullivan says
The US position is reiterated amid reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Taiwan, a trip Biden appeared to discourage and which angered Beijing.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:00:24 +0800
China debt: battling zero-Covid and a property market slump, local governments ask Beijing to lift bond quota
Beijing turned down the request from Hebei, Hainan and Liaoning, saying their current quotas were sufficient and regional debt limits were declining this year.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:57:03 +0800
UK leadership candidate Liz Truss pledges to ditch all EU laws by 2023
Foreign Secretary Truss, who campaigned for ‘remain’ in the 2016 referendum, has now promised to purge all remaining EU laws from the statute books.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:16:30 +0800
Hundreds march as Warsaw marks 80th anniversary of Jewish ghetto liquidation
The procession passed through the location where Jews were deported from the ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp in central Poland in 1942.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:00:13 +0800
China plans to turn the moon into an outpost for defending the Earth from asteroids, say scientists
Test satellites could also help protect China’s national security by having the telescopes and sensors pointed towards the Earth, say researchers.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 03:50:27 +0800
Polar bear rescued in Russia after getting tongue stuck in milk can
Residents of the remote settlement of Dikson sounded the alarm when the two-year-old female was seen wandering up to huts in the village on Wednesday.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 03:28:38 +0800
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon convicted of contempt of US Congress
Bannon was found guilty of two misdemeanour counts for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating last year’s January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 02:41:22 +0800
France’s Macron hosts close ally Egypt’s al-Sisi in Paris to discuss security and defence ties
The French president met the Egyptian strongman at the Elysee Palace to discuss the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on global food supplies

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 02:23:43 +0800
Joe Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms have improved, White House physician says
The US president, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, is taking the antiviral Paxlovid and ‘I anticipate that he will respond favourably’, Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s doctor, says.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 01:17:12 +0800
Poland to buy tanks, howitzers and fighter planes from South Korea
The deal includes FA-50 light combat fighter jets, K2 ‘Black Panther’ tanks and K9 howitzers, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:56:04 +0800
UK blames France as travellers face hours-long port delays
Dover authorities said a lack of French border officials was leading to waits of up to six hours for border checks at the English Channel port.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 23:29:12 +0800
Myanmar genocide case can proceed, top UN court rules as it throws out all junta’s objections
The International Court of Justice in The Hague dismissed Myanmar’s objections to a case filed by the west African nation of Gambia in 2019 – but it could take years before a final judgment is reached.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 23:05:17 +0800
US will hold Russia accountable for implementing UN-brokered deal to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports
The countries signed separate agreements with Türkiye and the UN to enable Ukraine to export the millions of tons of grain that have been held up in Black Sea ports owing to the war.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:37:09 +0800
Greater Bay Airlines’ first flight set to take off for Bangkok from Hong Kong on Saturday
City’s newest airline will begin operations with a twice weekly service to the Thai capital.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:30:14 +0800
China’s navy has quietly commissioned a new submarine for its eastern fleet
Image showing handover of the new Type 039 variant was included in a PLA report on a smart canteen for sailors.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:15:17 +0800
Revealing evidence of foreign forces undermining Hong Kong’s national security is not needed, just as proof of coronavirus is not shown to require wearing of face masks: CY Leung
Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying urges educators to raise awareness among youngsters about security risks.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:08:37 +0800
Chinese team tracks beavers with AI, making Xinjiang wildlife work easier
Conservationists in far western region work with tech companies to create algorithm for identifying photos of protected animal.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:00:30 +0800
Hong Kong scientists work on replicating lunar soil to help China build on the moon
Ahead of Chang’e 8 mission, which aims to set up a lunar research station, Hong Kong researchers determine technologies needed for construction on the moon.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:32:02 +0800
China says progress is being made in India border talks, but New Delhi warns of stalemate
A joint statement following talks on Sunday said the discussions had been ‘constructive and forward-looking’.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:30:12 +0800
China’s gaming industry insiders praise new policy document but remain cautious on licensing prospects
Most Chinese video game executives are not expecting Beijing to ease licensing of new titles any time soon, but they are optimistic that a new policy document will help boost the sector.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:02:57 +0800
Thai police search for missing monkeypox patient in Phuket
The 27-year-old Nigerian, confirmed as having the country’s first case of the disease, has been missing since Tuesday evening – officials are trying to trace people who might have been in contact.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:23:49 +0800
‘My children are gone’, cries father as Russian air strike on Syria kills at least 7
Ayhman Mozan broke down in tears after losing all four of his children in the attack. Since 2011, the war in Syria has killed nearly half a million people and forced half the country’s population from their homes.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:00:21 +0800
China on guard as European Central Bank, US Fed interest rate hikes threaten greater spillover effects
China is now the only major economy maintaining a loose monetary stance, as soaring inflation forces the European institute to push up its benchmark rate for the first time in more than a decade.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:59:13 +0800
Iran’s nukes ‘galloping ahead’– IAEA chief warns, unable to monitor programme
In June, Iran began removing the IAEA’s monitoring equipment, installed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers – agency has now ‘lost the ability to piece together Iran’s most important nuclear activities’.



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